Anantanarayanan Raman Explained

Anantanarayanan Raman
Nationality:	Indian
Occupation:	Professor of ecology
Known For:	Ecology, Entomology, Chemical and molecular ecology of insect—plant interactions

Anantanarayanan Raman is a Professor of Ecology with Charles Sturt University, NSW^[1] and a scientist with CSIRO, Australia.^[2]

Education

Raman received his bachelor's degree in biology from Loyola College, Madras followed by a master's degree in biology from Presidency College, Madras, and PhD & DSc degrees in ecology from Madras University.^[3] As a graduate student, he researched at the Université Louis Pasteur, France, on the nutritional physiology of gall-inducing Tubulifera.^[4]

Research

Raman received a Fulbright Award in 1990 to work with Warren G. Abrahamson, of Bucknell University on population ecology and evaluated energetics using the Solidago–Rhopalomyia system.^[5] Raman received a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) grant^[6] to study the aseptic dual culture technique using Pemphigus and its primary host Populus and secondary host Taraxacum, and hypersensitive responses among species of Vitis to infestations of Daktulusphairia vitifoliae.^[7] Raman collaborated with Rolf Beiderbeck of Rurpecht–Karls Universität, to work on a protocol for raising plant‑feeding insects on aseptically‑grown tissue callus of its host plant, using the Trialeyrodes–Stellaria system.^[8]

In 2000, he received the Ian Potter Foundation’s award and visited the University of Nebraska, to evaluate the nutrient mobilisation in the moth-induced galls of the parthenium weed using stable isotope mass spectrometry.^[9] Raman received an Australian Academy of Science fellowship^[10] to visit the National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan to study the nutritional ecology of insects invading Machilus Thunbergii.^{[11] [12]} Raman was invited by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA), on a Vulimiri Ramalingaswami Fellowship,^[13] through which he conducted workshops and training programs at Indian universities.^{[14] [15]}

Science history of Madras (Chennai) city and India

Raman became interested in chronicling the growth of science in India, particularly that of Madras city, especially that occurred between 1650 and 1947 AD. Raman continues to publish articles related to science history, in professional journals, such as Current Science (Bangalore)^{[16] [17] [18] [19] [20]} ., Indian Journal of the History of Science (Indian National Science Academy), New Delhi),^{[21] [22] [23]} Archives of Natural History (Edinburgh),^[24] on diverse aspects of science pertaining to environment, medicine, chemistry, physics, mathematics, and engineering. His articles published in Current Science are archived here.

Most cited papers

• Shorthouse JD, Wool D, Raman A. Gall-inducing insects–Nature's most sophisticated herbivores. Basic and Applied Ecology. 2005 Oct 14;6(5):407-11. (Cited 233 times, according to Google Scholar^[25]
• Raman A. Insect-induced plant galls of India: unresolved questions. Current Science. 2007 Mar 25:748-57. (Cited 137 times, according to Google Scholar.)
• Raman A. Morphogenesis of insect-induced plant galls: facts and questions. Flora-Morphology, Distribution, Functional Ecology of Plants. 2011 Jun 1;206(6):517-33. (Cited 103 times, according to Google Scholar.)
• Hossain Z, Gurr GM, Wratten SD, Raman A. Habitat manipulation in lucerne Medicago sativa: arthropod population dynamics in harvested and'refuge'crop strips. Journal of Applied Ecology. 2002 Jun 1:445-54. (Cited 103 times, according to Google Scholar.)
• Perović DJ, Gurr GM, Raman A, Nicol HI. Effect of landscape composition and arrangement on biological control agents in a simplified agricultural system: a cost–distance approach. Biological Control. 2010 Mar 1;52(3):263-70. (Cited 96 times, according to Google Scholar.)
• S. K. Florentine, A. Raman & K. Dhileepan. Effects of Gall Induction by Epiblema Strenuana on Gas Exchange, Nutrients, and Energetics in Parthenium Hysterophorus. Biological Control. 2005 Oct 50,787–801 (cited 87 times according to Google Scholar ^[26])
• Anamika Sharma, Anwar N. Khan, Sreenath Subrahmanyam, A. Raman, G.S. Taylor and M.J. Fletcher. Salivary proteins of plant-feeding hemipteroids – implication in phytophagy. 2013 Nov 104(2), 117–136. doi:10.1017/S0007485313000618. (Cited 72 times, according to Google Scholar ^[27])

Books and special issues

• Muniappan R, Reddy G V P, Raman A (2009) Biological Control of Tropical Weeds using Arthropods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 495+xii pages (ISBN 978-0-521-87791-6; hardback)^[28]
• Raman A (1997) Ecology and Evolution of Plant‑feeding Insects in Natural and Man‑made Environments. Backhuys Publishers (Leiden, The Netherlands). 245+xxi pages.^[29]
• Raman A, Schaefer CW, Withers T M (2005) Biology, Ecology, and Evolution of Gall-inducing Arthropods [2 Volumes]. Science Publishers, Inc., Enfield, New Hampshire, USA. 817+xxi pages.^[30]
• Wool D, Shorthouse JD, Raman A (2005) Adaptive Radiation in Gall-inducing Insects (Proceedings of the Symposium ‘Ecology and Evolution of Gall-inducing Insects’, organised during the XXII International Congress of Entomology, Brisbane, Australia. Special Issue of Basic and Applied Ecology 6: 407–488.^[31]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Anantanarayanan Raman. 2021-06-14. Charles Sturt University Research Output. en.
2. Web site: People – Ecosystem Change Ecology. 2021-06-14. ecosystemchangeecology.org.
3. Book: Seckbach. Joseph. All Flesh Is Grass: Plant-Animal Interrelationships. Dubinsky. Zvy. 11 October 2010. Springer Science & Business Media. 978-90-481-9316-5. en.
4. Taptamani. Heishnam. Varatharajan. Rameiyer. Raman. Anantanarayanan. 15 May 2012. Biology of leaf gall-inducing Thlibothrips manipurenis Muraleedharan, 1982 on Ardisia sp. (Myrsinaceae) in north-eastern India (Thysanoptera: Tubulifera: Phlaeothripidae).. Beiträge zur Entomologie = Contributions to Entomology. 62. 1. 69–76. 10.21248/contrib.entomol.62.1.69-76. 2511-6428. free.
5. Raman. Anantanarayanan. May 2003. Cecidogenetic Behavior of some gall-inducing thrips, psyllids, coccids, and gall midges, and morphogenesis of their galls. Oriental Insects. en. 37. 1. 359–413. 10.1080/00305316.2003.10417356. 84634798. 0030-5316.
6. Web site: Heidelberg Alumni International - Service: Alumni Revue - September 2000: Alumni persönlich. 2021-06-15. alumni.uni-heidelberg.de.
7. Raman. Anantanarayanan. Beiderbeck. Rolf. Herth. Werner. August 2009. Early subcellular responses of susceptible and resistant Vitis taxa to feeding by grape phylloxera Daktulosphaira vitifoliae. Botanica Helvetica. en. 119. 1. 31–39. 10.1007/s00035-009-0054-4. 34820953. 0253-1453.
8. Raman. A.. Beiderbeck. R.. 12 January 1992. Aseptic dual culture of the greenhouse whitefly, Trialeurodes vaporariorum Westwood (Hom., Aleyrodidae) and its host, Stellaria media (L.) Vill. (Caryophyllaceae). Journal of Applied Entomology. en. 113. 1–5. 252–257. 10.1111/j.1439-0418.1992.tb00662.x. 84919508.
9. Raman. A.. Madhavan. S.. Florentine. S.K.. Dhileepan. K.. May 2006. Metabolite mobilization in the stem galls of Parthenium hysterophorus induced by Epiblema strenuana inferred from the signatures of isotopic carbon and nitrogen and concentrations of total non-structural carbohydrates. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. en. 119. 2. 101–107. 10.1111/j.1570-7458.2006.00403.x. 2006EEApp.119..101R . 1959.17/56858. 84501345. 0013-8703.
10. Web site: Raman. Anantanarayanan. 25 January 2008. Workshop on Scientific writing for professional journals and theses. 15 June 2021.
11. Pan. Liang-Yu. Chen. Wen-Neng. Chiu. Shau-Ting. Raman. Anantanarayanan. Chiang. Tung-Chuang. Yang. Man-Miao. June 2015. Is a Gall an Extended Phenotype of the Inducing Insect? A Comparative Study of Selected Morphological and Physiological Traits of Leaf and Stem Galls on Machilus thunbergii (Lauraceae) Induced by Five Species of Daphnephila (Diptera: Cecidomyiidae) in Northeastern Taiwan. Zoological Science. en. 32. 3. 314–321. 10.2108/zs140244. 26003988. 207285754. 0289-0003.
12. News: Muthiah. S.. 16 April 2018. The Serbian connection. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-06-14. 0971-751X.
13. Web site: Academy News. 2021-06-14. 1library.net. en.
14. Web site: Calicut varsity to host GIAN programme. 2021-06-14. Charles Sturt University Research Output. en.
15. News: 25 February 2019. Calicut varsity to host GIAN programme. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-06-14. 0971-751X.
16. Raman . Anantanarayanan . 7 May 2020 . Marble-like chûnnam in the 18th- and 19th-century Madras Presidency . Indian Journal of History of Science . 55 . 1 . 10.16943/ijhs/2020/v55i1/152340 . 219409432 . 0019-5235. free .
17. Raman . Ramya . Raman . Anantanarayanan . 25 March 2018 . Medical Stores in 1865, Pharmacist Training and Pharmacopoeias in India Until the Launch of the Indian Pharmacopoeia in 1955 . Current Science . 114 . 6 . 1358 . 10.18520/cs/v114/i06/1358-1366 . 0011-3891.
18. Raman . Anantanarayanan . 2 September 2020 . G.M.M.C. Diploma of the Madras Medical College, 1847–1863 . Indian Journal of History of Science . 55 . 2 . 10.16943/ijhs/2020/v55i2/154673 . 225312246 . 0019-5235. free .
19. Raman . Anantanarayanan . 1 September 2018 . Internationalization of Indian Higher-Education . Current Science . 115 . 5 . 809 . 10.18520/cs/v115/i5/809-809 . 108835049 . 0011-3891. free .
20. Raman . Anantanarayanan . 25 May 2018 . Wool-Pile Carpets in Colonial Madras and the Lost Saidapet Woolly-Sheep Breed in Madras of the 1870s . Current Science . 114 . 10 . 2201 . 10.18520/cs/v114/i10/2201-2204 . 0011-3891.
21. Raman . Ramya . Raman . Anantanarayanan . 1 January 2017 . Amoebic Dysentery and Introduction of Emetine Source Carapichea ipecacacuanha into Indian Subcontinent . Indian Journal of History of Science . 52 . 1 . 10.16943/ijhs/2017/v52i1/41300 . 2454-9991.
22. Book: Anantanarayanan, Raman . Marble-like chûnnam in the 18th- and 19th-century Madras presidency . 1241673622.
23. Raman . Ramya . Raman . Anantanarayanan . 1 August 2017 . Western Medicine in French Pondichéry (1690–1954) . Indian Journal of History of Science . 52 . 3 . 10.16943/ijhs/2017/v52i3/49159 . 0019-5235. free .
24. Raman . A. . April 2013 . Historical references to galls induced by Dixothrips onerosus (Thysanoptera) on the leaves of Terminalia chebula (Combretaceae) in India . Archives of Natural History . 40 . 1 . 163–165 . 10.3366/anh.2013.0146 . 0260-9541.
25. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Anantanarayanan+Raman+&btnG=#d=gs_cit&u=%2Fscholar%3Fq%3Dinfo%3Ap74CBQoaDPUJ%3Ascholar.google.com%2F%26output%3Dcite%26scirp%3D0%26hl%3Den
26. Florentine. S. K.. Raman. A.. Dhileepan. K.. 2005. Effects of Gall Induction by Epiblema Strenuana on Gas Exchange, Nutrients, and Energetics in Parthenium Hysterophorus. Biocontrol. 50. 5. 787–801. 10.1007/s10526-004-5525-3. 2005BioCo..50..787F . 1959.17/64564 . 24246267 . 1386-6141.
27. Sharma. A.. Khan. A.N.. Subrahmanyam. S.. Raman. A.. Taylor. G.S.. Fletcher. M.J.. 26 November 2013. Salivary proteins of plant-feeding hemipteroids – implication in phytophagy. Bulletin of Entomological Research. 104. 2. 117–136. 10.1017/s0007485313000618. 24280006 . 12267200 . 0007-4853.
28. Book: Muniappan. Rangaswamy. Reddy. Gadi V. P.. Raman. Anantanarayanan. Biological Control of Tropical Weeds Using Arthropods. 978-0-511-57634-8. 1158232239.
29. Book: Raman. Anantanarayanan. Ananthakrishnan. T.N.. Ecology and evolution of plant-feeding insects in natural and man-made environments. 1997. International Scientific Publications. 81-86047-16-6. 906756086.
30. Skuhravý. V.. Skuhravá. M.. 6 April 2006. Book Review: Raman A., Schaefer C.W. & Withers T.M. (eds): Biology, Ecology, and Evolution of Gall-Inducing Arthropods. Vol. 1, 2.. European Journal of Entomology. 103. 2. 495–496. 10.14411/eje.2006.063. 1210-5759. free.
31. Shorthouse. Joseph D.. Wool. David. Raman. Anantanarayanan. 2005–2010. Gall-inducing insects – Nature's most sophisticated herbivores. Basic and Applied Ecology. 6. 5. 407–411. 10.1016/j.baae.2005.07.001. 1439-1791. free. 2005BApEc...6..407S .